We toured Horrock's Farm Market in Lansing Michigan
Horrocks Farm Market is one of the best produce markets in Lansing, Michigan! We wanted to show you one of our favorite places while visiting friends in Lansing. It's got everything you can think of for a grocery store and more! We can spend hours there looking at the huge variety of items and having a drink (or two) while we shop. I mean, how cool was the wine cellar and beer tasting? What I love the most is that much of the items are local to the city, state, and region. The cheese section, the free coffee, all of it! We love this place so much!
Episode 06 Cottonwood Campground and Horrocks Farm
In This episode Sierra, Atka, Dawn and I begin our adventure in Lansing Michigan. We give a review of Cottonwood Campground, visit Horrocks Farm Market and watch an evil squirrel tease the Huskies.
Horrocks Family Doc pt III
a segment of the horrocks family documentary i produced in 2006. this highlights the michigan farm community as well as discusses the impact horrocks has had on michigan communities and culture.
Lansing Food bank
In just three hours Friday afternoon, a team comprised of FFA members and Michigan Farm Bureau (MFB) representatives and staff helped fight hunger in the Lansing area by volunteering at both a local farm and food bank.
Together, the group of nearly 40 volunteers split up duties at Lansing Roots Farm, where worked dug an irrigation trench and did other chores, and Greater Lansing Food Bank, where 1,050 bags of apples were packed.
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Pure Michigan Agriculture Summit | PMBC | MEDC
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Today we're in Lansing, Michigan at the Pure Michigan Agriculture Summit. A lot of people don't realize, but just behind California, Michigan is the most agriculturally diverse state in the union. This is the first time Pure Michigan Business Connect has worked with the department of agriculture to tap into that value chain that starts in the fields and ultimately leads up to the grocery stores. Creating supply chains that reduce time from farm to fork is a win-win, it gives the consumer what they want, it helps companies make profit, and it creates jobs in our communities. And while this is a one day event, its the launch of a long term commitment through the b2b program around continued supply chain connectivity and support by the state.
Soil Friends - Michigan Produce Farm
Ben Martin owner of Soil Friends has the desire to grow locally grown fruits and vegetables in Kalamazoo, Michigan selling directly to consumers and wholesale produce to grocery stores. Sustainable practices without the use of chemicals, resulting in higher nutrient density in fresh produce available in markets throughout Michigan.
A tour of Lansing Urban Farm Project's Urbandale Farm
A tour of Lansing Urban Farm Project's Urbandale Farm
Farmers market
Farmers market
Urbandale - Urban Farm in Lansing, MI
Laura DeLind and her crew are beginning to harvest fruits and veggies from this new urban garden in Lansing, MI. Also appearing is Eric Schertzing of the Ingham County Land Bank, whose organization provided the land for the project (and now the house next door). Also appearing is Jim McGaugh, who calls volunteering his horticultural therapy.
E.N.C.F.Lansing.MI.USA Organic Community Garden
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Organic Community Garden
East Lansing ‼️❤️ (Part 1)
How to Pick Fresh Produce : How to Pick Out Apples
Beware of soft spots and bruises on apples. Learn about picking out apples at a grocery store or supermarket in this free video on fruits and fresh produce.
Expert: Jerry DiVietri
Bio: Jerry DiVietri has been working at Horrocks Farm Market in Lansing, Michigan for over five years. He has worked in produce, the garden center, and now manages.
Filmmaker: Bartholomew DiVietri
J.E.M. Farm, Michigan | Organic Valley Farmers
Jerry Martin wanted to keep the NEXT GENERATION on the farm, keep his HERD HEALTHY and have a more RELAXING work environment. Organic pasture based farming in Michigan allowed him to do all three!
Bree Horrocks: Center and Researcher
When Bree Horrocks decided she would pursue her final season of college basketball as a graduate transfer, the 6-foot-5-inch Purdue center had conversations with a number of interested coaches. Each time, Horrocks let coaches know their programs would be getting more than just a basketball student-athlete.
“I told every coach I talked to that I was openly gay, I was going to advocate for the community and speaking out for the LGBTQ-plus community was something I would do,” Horrocks said. “It had to be accepted, not tolerated.”
Horrocks’ approach to recruitment helped her quickly find a home with Vanderbilt women’s basketball and head coach Stephanie White. But it was her academic journey at Vanderbilt that has also sparked a potential career path in LGBTQ+advocacy for Horrocks.
In May, the Buford, Georgia, native will earn a graduate degree from Vanderbilt’s Peabody College in Child Studies. Her research focuses on the mental health surrounding LGBTQ+ adolescents and how treatment and healthcare can positively impact that community.
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Silver Bells in the City Lansing, MI
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Dr. Chuck Bethke, Orchid Specialist @ Horrocks Market
Dr. Chuck Bethke, orchid specialist of 14 years, was at Horrocks Market on Feb. 14, 2011 answering all orchid questions and giving tips for growing healthy and beautiful orchid plants.
Michigan farmers nervous over China trade dispute
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Fairfield Township, Michigan - 23 March 2018
1. Various of cows on David Williams' farm
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2. SOUNDBITE (English) Jim Byrum, Michigan Agri-Business Association:
The president is proposing some sort of equity in trade relationship and the trade surplus that China enjoys with the United States, talking about fair trade. With that in mind, he's imposing certain tariffs on certain Chinese goods that come to the United States. That's certainly driving China to look at some other things based on what we export to China. It's a quid pro quo kind of situation that's coming at us.
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Fairfield Township, Michigan - 23 March 2018
3. Farmland as seen from a moving car
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4. SOUNDBITE (English) Jim Byrum, Michigan Agri-Business Association:
The agriculture economy overall is pretty depressed. We have a cold, if you will, at this point. We are headed for the flu if we see some of these trade barriers coming at us and some of these tariffs coming at us, because we have to export. We can't eat any more here in the United States. Agriculture survives based on exports, and, if lose that opportunity, it's going to be a deep problem for agriculture and rural communities, because we won't be buying pickups or eating at the local diner.
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5. Various of Williams walking on his farm
6. SOUNDBITE (English) David Williams, Soybean Farmer:
We're very nervous. We're concerned that China could retaliate, and soybean is a great big target.
7. Various of Williams on the farm
8. SOUNDBITE (English) David Williams, Soybean Farmer:
If we'd sit down and have some really good talks and dialogue and try and solve this situation without everybody threatening one another. Just kind of have some diplomacy.
9. Buildings on the farm
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10. SOUNDBITE (English) Jim Byrum, Michigan Agri-Business Association:
I just continue to see it escalate. I hate to use the term 'trade war,' but it sure seems that we're headed that way. What I would like to see is folks sit down and talk about some of the issues related to some of those trade disputes, some of the concerns that the United States has with Chinese exports to us, and some of the concerns China might have with what we sell them or send to them.
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Fairfield Township, Michigan - 23 March 2018
11. Close up cows on Williams' farm
STORYLINE:
David Williams says he and his fellow farmers in Michigan are very nervous about the impact of a potential trade war with China.
Williams tends to soybeans, corn and wheat on a 3,700-acre farm in Shiawassee (SHEYE'-uh-WAH'-see) County that has been in his family for generations.
We're very nervous. We're concerned that China could retaliate, and soybean is a great big target, Williams said Friday, a day after President Donald Trump announced plans for tariffs on products including Chinese steel to punish Beijing for stealing American technology.
Beijing responded Friday with a threat to slap tariffs on American products such as pork, wine, apples, ethanol and stainless-steel pipe.
Farmers voted overwhelmingly for Trump in 2016. But now many worry about the economic blowback from his combative approach.
Jim Byrum, president of the Michigan Agri-Business Association said farmers need to be able to export some of their supply because we can't eat any more here in the United States.
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Dairy Robot Radio Episode 10: Farming for the future
Bellana Putz talks to Troy Westendorp the process of MOO-ville Dairy’s processes with robots.
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In the third installment of our June Dairy Month where we feature one family dairy each week who is producing and selling dairy products from the milk harvested from their cows, host Bellana Putz, Customer Sales Support Manager of Lely North America is joined by Troy Westendorp of MOO-ville Dairy. Listen along as they discuss the factors that played into their decision to open a creamery, such as kids interested in coming back to farm and the ability to control prices more consistently.
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